I had a dream this morning that upon waking I knew I was meant to share with the Body. There has been a sense of urgency in the fear of the Lord not to delay even in my sharing with you, and I pray it is an instructional blessing for all who it may apply to.
In the dream I was standing next to someone, I was to their right and there was a calendar that became the focus in the middle. In the dream they by their understanding and thoughts kept turning the calendar of this month to the same time next year. The calendar would fall back to present, it would not remain where they wanted it. This happened over and over again, and I had a knowing in my heart that whatever they thought was for next year was for NOW.
Upon waking in the Spirit I kept hearing NOW Faith is NOW Faith is NOW Faith is
For who this may apply, MAY is significant. What you think is for this time next year I felt more than likely will not be there. Be very sensitive to what the Lord is speaking this month of May. The number 4 was highlighted in the dream, which I believe represents “For (4) such as time this”.
This was the kind of dream for me where the subject matter becomes impressions in the Spirit, hence when I wake it’s already knowledge that’s been pressing into me and is “a pressing manner”. Additionally I was seeing the dream in third person most of the time, caught up in the Spirit behind myself and the person, or in a close up of the calendar. Though you may be pressed, the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
It’s time for some of you to “pull the trigger”, not to kill it, but in the expression to keep it alive.
”Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].” Hebrews 11:1 AMP
”For if you remain silent at this time, liberation and rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish [since you did not help when you had the chance]. And who knows whether you have attained royalty for such a time as this [and for this very purpose]?”Esther 4:14 AMP
”Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your healing (restoration, new life) will quickly spring forth; Your righteousness will go before you [leading you to peace and prosperity], The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.“ Isaiah 58:8 AMP
The point of the new covenant is unbroken fellowship.
The disillusion of the Church at large is that she believes in Jesus, therefore she must know Him. How sad it is when we think we are in connection with others only to realize we only know of them, or we know them in part; 20%, 50%, 75%, etc. Jesus gave His all that we may know Him as ALL IN ALL. ”You can believe all you want that there is one true God, that’s wonderful! But even the demons know this and tremble with fear before him, yet they’re unchanged—they remain demons.“ James 2:19 TPT
“Belief” in and of itself does not constitute change. The very key needed here is repentance. When Jesus came out of the desert His first message was repentance. Why? Because only in our repentance are we able to RECEIVE Him. ”From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins, live your life in a way that proves repentance; seek God’s purpose for your life], for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”“ Matthew 4:17 AMP
Repentance is, “I change myself (turn, and yield to the work Holy Spirit, He cleanses and washes you) so I can receive of Your perfect nature and character to be restored to union; unbroken fellowship.”
I don’t know about you but almost every time I read the account of the fall in Genesis I cry. The thought of being separated from the presence of God and shunned from my home with Him would be terrifying. I feel the emotions when I read that account of scripture.
How do you think the Holy Spirit (the person of the Godhead sent to help us know Jesus and His ways) feels knowing that day in and out the price was paid for Salvation – Jesus the Savior died and rose again releasing us from the deed of death – and yet we refuse to acknowledge or live like the debt was paid. Selfishly we remain unchanged.
Why are children favored and blessed in the Kingdom of Heaven? Why does the Lord say we must have the faith of a child? Because children receive well. Children are dependent and needy, AND children change ever so quickly. ”But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name–[Isa. 56:5.]“ John 1:12 AMPC
There is an account of 10 Virgins in Matthew 25. Five of the ten were considered to be foolish and unwise because they did not take extra oil for their lamps when they went to meet the Bridegroom. It was in the waiting and in the delay of His return that their greatest mistake occurred. They assumed the oil they had would be enough, and they assumed their unpreparedness would be forgiven, and yet the door was shut to the unwise. The Church at large believes the way they know the Lord is enough. However many if not most, are living off old traditions, encounters, and eating stale bread. I write this because Scripture tells us that the Lord will come for a Bride who was prepared, made herself ready and also refers to her as a remnant. (Remnant; that which is left after the separation, removal or destruction of a part.) If we consistently partake of the daily Bread before us, there is always enough and we even accrue access oil. Jesus is the Bread of Life, therefore the more time we spend dining with Him, the more oil we receive. A great deception amongst many “believers” is that if they have enough faith they will not suffer. But it is in the very place of dining, eating on the Bread of Presence that we become like Jesus only through the fellowship of His suffering. To those who refuse the cup of suffering you deny the fellowship of the cross, and the door will be denied to you.
”But the foolish virgins said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ But the wise replied, ‘No, otherwise there will not be enough for us and for you, too; go instead to the dealers and buy oil for yourselves.’ But while they were going away to buy oil, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut and locked. Later the others also came, and said, ‘Lord, Lord, open [the door] for us.’ But He replied, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, I do not know you [we have no relationship].’ Therefore, be on the alert [be prepared and ready], for you do not know the day nor the hour [when the Son of Man will come].“ Matthew 25:8-13 AMP
Some of you have become so tired in the waiting you stopped coming to the table. Repent. Become like a child again and be fed from the table of Life.
Jesus is the Door, and on this side of Heaven repentance is the key that opens access to the Kingdom.
The Lord impressed upon my heart to share the tremendous value of oil and trial. He said many in the global Church may not see or understand the value of it yet, though soon will be very thankful for this opportunity and season of reconsecration. In the Spirit I felt a weight on the word value. This season has been misunderstood by many as one of unnecessary trial, though it has actually been one of great value and Mercy. As I was writing this out with the Lord, I heard in the Spirit the word, “apprehend”. Apprehend is defined in the Oxford dictionary as 1) arrest (someone) for a crime 2) understand and perceive, anticipate. The origin is late Middle English, originally in the sense ‘grasp hold of (physically or mentally)’. I believe the Lord is saying He desires to arrest incorrect thinking with an invitation to grasp hold of His mind on the matter.
The Church has been in a prefix storyline of the Matthew 25 parable, The Ten Virgins. Those who were unwise are being made wise. Eyes that could not once see, have vision. What was once dark is now illuminated. Many have not understood the trial and pressing, though the hand of the Lord has allowed it as He knew the Church positionally did not have enough oil. In His mercy He has allowed the pressing because the olive fruit must be crushed and pressed to obtain the oil. We need the extra oil for the journey as it is in the darkest time of night, at midnight, before the Bridegroom appears and this extra oil is essential to see as He leads us to the door of the wedding feast. In this parable the wise virgins trimmed their wicks and had extra oil (in flasks or vessels). Symbolically the Lord has been cutting away from our wicks, removing that which would hinder us from shining brightly that we may know, hear and see Him rightly in this dark hour. Through the crushing we have paid the price and bought oil, and will be prepared to make the journey in the dark night.
There is a global call in the Spirit to awake and meet the Bridegroom, “Now while the bridegroom was delayed, they all began to nod off, and they fell asleep. But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! The bridegroom [is coming]! Go out to meet him.’” Matthew 25:5-6 AMP. The Greek noun for meet here means to ‘have a meeting with’ or ‘encounter’. The golden lampstand was in the Tent of Meeting, in the Holy Place – the entrance way to the Holy of Holies or place of encounter and gave light to the entire tent. We are New Testament priests through Christ the Messiah our High Priest and in the order Melchizedek. In the Old Testament it was Aaron who was a representation of the consecrated Levitical priestly line who was instructed to keep the lamps burning CONTINUALLY, and so shall it be unto us as we now have the honor to carry out this priestly order. The Lord once again is removing veils that separate us from encountering Him in the Most Holy Place. “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the children of Israel to bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light [of the golden lampstand], to make a lamp burn continually. Outside the veil of the Testimony [between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place] in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall always keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening until morning; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations. He shall keep the lamps burning on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord continually.” Leviticus 24:1-4 AMP.
The vessels containing extra oil in Matthew 25 are described in the Greek as having a bend, meaning a container that can be filled. Where is the infilling of oil? The Holy Spirit supernaturally fills and refills these vessels with oil. Money cannot purchase this oil, for it is bought with the reward of pressing and suffering, the reward of abiding and intimacy with the Son, the reward of dying to self; all rewards of spiritual wealth are contained here for the price for buying oil is costly as it is the first fruit offerings from your very life.
In His goodness, the Lord has ‘bought us’ time with Him in this last season; the olive is a fruit and to bear fruit we must abide and remain in Him. ““ I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that continues to bear fruit, He [repeatedly] prunes, so that it will bear more fruit [even richer and finer fruit]. You are already clean because of the word which I have given you [the teachings which I have discussed with you]. Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me. I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.” John 15:1-5 AMP. Abiding and remaining in Him is a personal choice. Consecration is a choice. Bearing fruit is for all, though some have good fruit while others have bad fruit.
Your daily decisions have never mattered more, as the weight of eternity hinges on them. It is a narrow road to the door, and few find it…
There is still time. Do not despise this pruning but yield to the Spirit as the Lord desires to prepare you for your most glorious and shining hour!
As our current Church age is closing, and we are preparing and beginning to cross into what has “never been done before”, I think it’s important that we remain childlike and unassuming. What one person is training for may be different from you, and the process equally different, and even if similar we should take into careful consideration that we also learn and receive impartation from the Lord differently as we are unique with our experiences that have formed us thus far.
Some of us are used to being judged because of a life of pioneering, however I believe soon there will be more temperance where many have felt misunderstood. Once again, if you’ve been given an assignment in uncharted territory, even trials to strengthen the individual in preparation will look vastly different to the next. Simply put, it’s really tempting to use old lenses to try and figure people out, what God is doing, etc. However, it hasn’t been done before. So we really don’t know. It’s keeping this in the forefront with humility that we will actually move forward. We need to especially strive to give grace in this transitional season, while yet there is urgency and much at stake.
Recently I had a series of visions with eagles that helped explain the above. One of the things I saw was the close-up of one of the eyelids of the eagle, the “third eyelid”, which is called the nictitating membrane (nictitan). This transparent membrane wipes the eye clean, and keeps it moisturized while the eagle never looses vision or shuts the eye. One of the spiritual applications I believe to be that as we soar through storms and heights we haven’t been to before, (three represents the Spirit) by the Spirit the Lord will help us see clearly, as we individually remain transparent before Him and rely on the HOLY SPIRIT to guide us. Symbolically, the Holy Spirit can also be seen as the source of moisture to the eye, as water often represents the Spirit.
Lastly, this transition, just like the crossing over in the days of old, will be supernatural and yet require our obedience and yielding. While we are maturing as sons and daughters in the Lord, our heart posture must remain childlike in faith, and with that I propose that this cross-over looks much like ‘ascension’ verses ‘over’.
There Is a zero tolerance policy in the Spirit at hand, and will soon manifest. And as unlikely as it may seem, those who carry this vigilant spirit will be Sons of Righteousness nonetheless. 🔥🌪️❤️🔥
(Below prophetic word is a re-release from December 20, 2022)
THE RISE OF THE ELISHA PROPHETS
“Get ready for the rise of the Elisha prophets”. A word I was going to release sometime over a year ago, and did not even though I know what I heard in the Spirit to be true. I waited, and waited; I watched, heard, and experienced to understand that everything that had come against them to keep them from their mantle – the forces to accuse, suppress, cause delay and all they wrestled under has now forged a most vehement flame in them. This flame will consume every naysayer that comes against the will of the Lord. They are PURE, hungry and allegiant prophets who are confidently driven by the love and fear of the Lord. They distain all that hinders the way and truth of God, zeal for His House consumes them and this HOLY passion will tear down every religious system and principality.
The fire is coming. Get ready! The earth will know God will not be mocked! These Elisha prophets have faithfully endured testing and have paid the price for Elijah’s mantle. Do you not know these are the ones who will run in the earth in these last hours to crush the high places? These are the promised mature sons and daughters ~ the restored ones who will not walk but run preparing the way for the Lord. They help cleanse the land from territorial spirits that cause barrenness and others alike – These are the final torch bearers. The Elisha prophets are deliverers and restorers, they are wild lovers and fierce warriors. They clear the way for labor and safe delivery, “the harvest is ripe and laborers are few” – but they work unto the harvest – it is in the meaning of their name; Elisha : God is Salvation. There is no fear of man left in them. They have trained and prepared for war. They hold the final blueprint and revelation for the coming of the Lord.
Religion sat on its lofty mountain and accused our Savior, nailing Him to Calvary’s cross but these Elisha’s will run atop these same mountains working together under the authority of Christ to crush the snakes that once bruised His heel. Their agreement with the Lord to accomplish His plans has made them the fiercest warrior bride tribe. Unstoppable, they ascend and descend during these final battles, seated with the Christ the Son, kinship so devoted they are with Him when He leaves His throne – the final watchmen who will herald, “look now, we see Him coming, prepare the way of the Lord!” They are more than times and seasons prophets, they ARE the season. Living signs, living wonders, living testimonies, living convictions. They are not who you think they are, for while the Church was raising up their chosen to make their prophets the Lord was breaking His.
Get ready! The fire is coming!
ELISHA SUCCEEDS ELIJAH “When the sons of the prophets who were [watching] opposite at Jericho saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him [in respect]. Then they said to Elisha, “Behold now, there are among your servants fifty strong men; please let them go and search for your master. It may be that the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him on some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send anyone.” But when they urged him until he was embarrassed [to refuse them], he said, “Send them.” So they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days but did not find Elijah. They returned to Elisha while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do not go’?” Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, this city is in a pleasant place, as my Lord [Elisha] sees; but the water is bad and the land is barren.” He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him. Then Elisha went to the spring of water and threw the salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I [not the salt] have purified and healed these waters; there shall no longer be death or barrenness because of it.’ ” So the waters have been purified to this day, in accordance with the word spoken by Elisha. Then Elisha went up from Jericho to Bethel. On the way, young boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” When he turned around and looked at them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore to pieces forty-two of the boys. Elisha went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.” 2 Kings 2:15-25 AMP
February 29, 2020 on leap day the Lord spoke to me and said He is “synching us with the seasons and aligning us with the Son.” Jewish time is lunisolar, and keeps in sync with the cycles of the sun and moon. Since then I have repeatedly seen a vision of the earth in His hands like a Rubik’s cube only circular and solid in color. With one hand on top of the earth and one on the bottom He pushes the two pieces of the earth down and counter clockwise so they will ‘click and lock’. It is an ongoing process, as if each turn or time He does this there is progress, but it has yet to ‘lock in’. In vision the Lord is never hurried, and when He turns counter clockwise it always seems to be in slower motion, you can feel the synching.
As I have looked closer at the vision even months and years later I realized the earth was also the mind, and it was grey in color. The Lord is synching our minds to His ways, also known as “the ancient paths”.
Four years later as we now experience another leap year, on the Hebrew calendar there are two months of Adar for this reason. Today is Adar l, the 14th, the same date Purim is always celebrated, and continues until sundown tomorrow. Next month, Adar ll the dates will fall on March 23 and 24. Just this past Monday, when I had not put the pieces of the puzzle together when was on an Esther fast myself, I heard the Lord speak there would be two different miracles at the same time. And He led me to revisit a word I released in 2020 and 2021 regarding the birthing of the New Wine, which had a connection to John Wimber’s birthday (a father in the vineyard movement) which is also this coming Sunday, February 25th. As we know the prophetic mysteries are often wheels within wheels, and are pulled on again for their purpose and manifestation – “for such a time as this”. Knowing the time and season we are in can be crucial to our movement forward, not only in obedience though also our deliverance.
I pray this word will bless and encourage you, and that you will pull on Heaven for the new wine to be poured out, and just like the reason for Purim, there will be joy through the miracles of salvation and deliverance.
The old has passed away (mindsets and systems and wineskin) and the new is here, will you move forward and trust Him? It is the now time for the double portion for those who will enter in Him. ~~~~ February 25, 2021 Get your hopes up! It’s a season of visitation and miracles!
THE BIRTHING OF THE NEW WINE (the connection between John Wimber and Purim)
Not long ago on February 1, 2021 at 4:02 AM the Holy Spirit woke me and I heard “fruit shipping’s” as I simultaneously saw a vision of a wooden cart of giant grapes covered with a velvety-like cloth. These grapes looked like what were described in the land of Canaan in Numbers 13:23. I knew the Lord was reminding me of the new wine and movement coming that He showed me in a vision on July 19, 2020.
Today on this 25th day of February is John Wimber’s birthday, a well known spiritual leader most recognized for fathering the vineyard movement, and this evening at sundown begins Purim, the most joyous holiday on the Hebrew calendar. There is an unlikely connection between the two that the Holy Spirit showed me in a vision in July that has everything to do with today, and the season upon us. I hope you will read and be encouraged.
(Below is an excerpt from “Wait Now, I’m Coming” 9.1.20)
Wait Now, The Father The King and The Spirit are Coming! The Birth of New Wine in Fire, Power and Love!
On July 19, 2020 I happened to be staying at my grandparents house and I was in the bedroom when I went into a vision at 8:54 a.m. In the vision it was dark out, and I saw a heaping mound of wood and sticks and a large match reach in from the bottom to create a massive bonfire. As the match was moving in I heard in the Spirit, “John Wimber’s birthday”. I immediately had a knowing that a signifiant move of the Spirit would take place on or around this date, the “birth-day”. On this same day I heard in the Spirit “Deuteronomy 4:12” which reads, “And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.” A literal interpretation of the vision! However in context the Lord was reminding Moses this is where you encountered my manifest presence, the shekinah glory. This is when I gave you My covenant. Shekinah is from the Hebrew word shakan, and means “to reside or permanently stay”. (chrisitanity.com). My grandparents last name as well as mine is Sutherland, our Scottish family clan motto is ‘Sans Peur’ which means, “without fear”. I had this vision in the bedroom which represents intimacy and the secret place. World wide households have been tested and tried by fire, but from the secret place we will arise without fear! I believe the Lord is saying His glory is coming forth from the fire! “I have not forgotten my promise to you, it has been tested and this is when I will erupt in power and dwell with you in tangible glory, I am coming in a fullness that you have yet not seen.”
Although I knew John Wimber was an important part of church history, I didn’t recall what exactly he was known for – all that was coming to mind was an association with California. Grapes should have been my clue! As I went to search this out, I discovered Wimber was born February 25, 1934 and his most significant legacy is the Vineyard movement, as he eventually took leadership of the Vineyard churches. Additionally Wimber is known for advocating and teaching the moving in healing, signs and wonders, intimacy with the Holy Spirit, and equipping the Church (https://vineyardusa.org/about/john-wimber/).
Prompted by the Holy Spirit I searched for John Wimber’s birth date on the Hebraic calendar and found a birthday surprise! The month of February falls in the month Adar, the last month in God’s cycle of feasts / yearly cycle and represents the completion of a season. Adar means strength and is known as the most joyful month of the year when Purim is celebrated. Purim is the story of Esther who was chosen to be the queen of Persia because of her beauty. Esther risked her life to go before King Ahasuerus and expose an evil plot of his advisor Haman to destroy the Jewish race. Esther was encouraged by Mordecai to boldly petition the King, “For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion?.” Esther 4:14. Esther found favor with the King, the plan was reverted and Haman was hung on the very gallows he built to destroy the Jews. Purim is always celebrated on the 14th day of Adar and this 2021 will begin at sundown on February 25, John Wimber’s birthday!
Another insight in the birthdate 02.25.1934: I found Revelation 2:25 and Strong’s number 1934. Again the month Adar means strong – Strong’s 1934 in Hebrew is hava’ meaning to exist; become, behold. In context the Scripture reference in the book of Revelation is speaking to the church of Thyatira, who is being admonished for tolerating Jezebel, but to those who have not tolerated the teaching they are beckoned to “hold fast to what you have until I come” (Rev 2:25). I believe toleration of Jezebel is the current position of the unawakened Church, but for those who are the remnant Bride, in this hour we can hear the Lord saying hold fast, “Wait now, I’m coming!”. If we will live, abide and exist in Him and like Esther address and petition His heart boldly in the secret place, if we hold fast to the truth that He gives and behold Him here, we will see the coming dread Warrior King defeat our enemy. The enemies plot will become his own demise. The Naphtali are the tribe associated with the month of Adar, and Naphtali means “sweetness is to me” (Godtime.blog). We will know the King intimately and find His favor, we will taste of His goodness and declare, “sweetness is to me”. Like a deer let loose, this will be a beautiful time of rejoicing for The Church across the globe. “Naphtali is a doe let loose, [a swift warrior,] Which yields branched antlers (eloquent words).” Genesis 49:21.
John Wimber is also known for ‘fathering” the Vineyard movement. Jesus said, “I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is my Father. I am the sprouting vine and you’re my branches. As you live in life union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from within you – but when you live separated from me you are powerless.” John 15:1,5. To the vine abiders, ‘this is that’ new wine! The time stamp on this vision was 8:54 a.m. and John 8:54 again points back the Father. “Jesus answered them, “If I were to tell you how great I am, it would mean nothing. But my Father is the One who will prove it and will glorify me. Isn’t he the One you claim is your God?” A new season is upon us, a double portion for mankind and a move of His Spirit that will allow us to experience Himself in the fullness of triune measure – Father, Son and Holy Spirit in a completeness yet not expressed as we have understood before. The Father is coming in this move to glorify His Son! I believe the Lord is saying these will be the days as described in 1 Corinthians 2:9, “This is why the Scriptures say: Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine—these are the many things God has in store for all his lovers.”
The Lord is coming to tend His vine and seek His glory dwellers, we are those He has called to experience His glory. It is through pure hearts we can see and encounter Him and become hosts of His presence. “But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” Habakkuk 2:14. The Lord is coming in love and power and and I believe this partially represents a marriage of The Word and The Spirit. This marriage will be accompanied by a tremendous weight of the Lord’s presence and I hear in the Spirit “He will move massively among the masses”. I physically feel this weight around hearts, people around the globe will be so awakened to the deep places of the heart of the Father that a world wide revolution of love will ignite. They will see and experience Him in Spirit and in Truth, they will know the Lord as lover and friend and their earthly fear of Him will begin to dissipate. The true fear of the Lord will bring Wisdom and a Spirit of Longing will overcome them. “Come Warrior King, pour the new wine!”.
“Your presence releases a fragrance so pleasing— over and over poured out. For your lovely name is “Flowing Oil.” No wonder the brides-to-be adore you. Draw me into your heart. We will run away together into the king’s cloud-filled chamber. We will remember your love, rejoicing and delighting in you, celebrating your every kiss as better than wine. No wonder righteousness adores you!” Song of Songs 1:3-4
“You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.” Psalms 16:11
Out of any 2024 Prophetic Word’s I could give you, though there be many things on my heart, if anything be of value, listen to this: your greatest prophetic word this year is Know The Word!
Lamps Need Oil
Knowing comes through intimacy
In a recent vision I saw the Statue of Liberty move from her arm risen with torch in hand to holding a dim lantern in front of her.
Lamps Need Oil
Our Light is His Life
”IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Isa. 9:6.] He was present originally with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].“ John 1:1-5 AMPC
Regardless of how dark the world becomes, our Light (whom is Christ in us the hope of glory) will not be overpowered. You must have Him, you must know Him, you must remain in Him, you must abide. This knowledge is intimate, this means you come inside of Christ and remain in Him for He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life. Knowing Christ means to come into His being, much like how the Bible describes knowledge between a man and woman. In covenant, Oneness between a husband and wife equates knowledge in Biblical standards, even in the example of entering into one another’s being’s – the act of becoming one. ”Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.“ Matthew 1:24-25 NKJV. This passage confirms Jesus was born of a virgin.
Do not let the enemy twist this for you, this may be unfamiliar language, though it is not sexual in nature. However, the Lord uses this symbolism to teach us the unity we are to have found in Him. Another example is found in Jeremiah. ”“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”“ Jeremiah 1:5 NKJV
All things exist through Christ. All things. This means we came from His being. It is the act of our will on this earth if we will lay our life down and find it in Him as He did for us. ”[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body].“ Philippians 3:10-11 AMPC
Imagine stepping into the person of Christ and staying there.
”For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring.“ Acts 17:28 AMPC
”The saying is sure and worthy of confidence: If we have died with Him, we shall also live with Him.“ 2 Timothy 2:11 AMPC
”And this is the message [the message of promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [no, not in any way]. [So] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him when we live and move and are walking about in darkness, we are [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice the Truth [which the Gospel presents].“ 1 John 1:5-6 AMPC
While formation in the womb is a hidden and dark space, this is life forming to yet be revealed and represents mystery. However once out of the womb the mystery is made known as the baby comes “into the light”. The baby’s identity in gender is made known in the light, and also he or she finds life in taking their first breath. Now out of the womb the baby will continue to grow without restraint. In the same way, we come into more knowledge of the Triune Godhead the more we come into His Light. Our being grows and is transformed in His Light, remaining in Him. As a baby is born into the world, so we are born into God. A baby comes into being through intimacy, and likewise we continue to sustain our life in Christ through intimacy; remaining in His person where in His Light mysteries are revealed and we grow more and more into the knowledge of Him ~ into His Ways, His Truth, His Light.
Contrastingly, darkness sees Light, as when the Light appears darkness can not overpower, overwhelm or overshadow the Light. The Light has been revealed. However many will claim to have seen the Light but they only know the Light from seeing. Whereas those who truly know the Light exist inside of Him and walk in the Light. Another example is as if living inside the Light was as if one existed inside the Light bulb. Those who claim to know or see the Light and even copy works that they have seen in the Light (miracles, signs, wonders) do not have to live inside of it to experience it’s benefits. In the same way the Sun is burning every day whether you can see it or not, and all of humanity knows this. We orbit around it, and all life exists from Light (photosynthesis). If we lived inside of the Sun we would be consumed. Our God is a consuming fire and desires to KNOW US AND BE KNOWN BY US.
Do we live inside of the Son, or do we live outside of Him? Are we inside of His being, or do we exist outside of Him?
”Even so, every healthy (sound) tree bears good fruit [worthy of admiration], but the sickly (decaying, worthless) tree bears bad (worthless) fruit. A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear excellent fruit [worthy of admiration]. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. Therefore, you will fully know them by their fruits. Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name? And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands]. [Ps. 6:8.] So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a sensible (prudent, practical, wise) man who built his house upon the rock.“ Matthew 7:17-24 AMPC
Symbolically we can propose that both trees lived under the Light of the Sun. However those sickly trees and those with bad fruit did not remain fully in the Sun, they did not consume its nutrients nor were they transformed by the Sun’s presence. Likewise those who do not find their Life in the Son and their existence from His being will be cast away, for they did not KNOW the Lord by finding their life and fruit inside of Him. In utter darkness and separation from Light they will now exist, an eternity void of life will become their knowledge.
The tree of knowledge of good and evil is every man’s lot, eating of its fruit is every man’s choice. Yet there is another tree, the broken tree at Calvary where upon the eternal seed of Christ was split wide open and His blood redeemed all life. Will we produce like Abel or Cain, what will we offer Him? How shall we respond? The cross is Eden’s redemption and once more I will write, do you find your Life in Him? Which tree will you choose?
”But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was crushed for our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]; The punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him, And by His stripes (wounds) we are healed.“ Isaiah 53:5 AMP
Christ our first fruit offering was crushed, and so we must also be crushed and obtain oil as we press into living in Him; in His being where is the eternal life, a life formed through intimacy.
”And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.“ John 17:3 AMPC
Lamps Need Oil
Do you know Him?
”THEN THE kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish (thoughtless, without forethought) and five were wise (sensible, intelligent, and prudent). For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take any [extra] oil with them; But the wise took flasks of oil along with them [also] with their lamps. While the bridegroom lingered and was slow in coming, they all began nodding their heads, and they fell asleep. But at midnight there was a shout, Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him! Then all those virgins got up and put their own lamps in order. And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the wise replied, There will not be enough for us and for you; go instead to the dealers and buy for yourselves. But while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were prepared went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut. Later the other virgins also came and said, Lord, Lord, open [the door] to us! But He replied, I solemnly declare to you, I do not know you [I am not acquainted with you]. Watch therefore [give strict attention and be cautious and active], for you know neither the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will come.” Matthew 25:1-13 AMPC
He is the Light, we are His vessels, His lamps … we cannot burn, and we cannot see without the oil formed through knowing Him.
Buy oil: Give the Lord your best fruit, the best of you (a first fruit offering) and in the offering of your life to Him, you will find all provision, all love, all joy, all contentment, all LIFE. It is not loss my friends, it is truly only gain. ”For me to live is Christ [His life in me], and to die is gain [the gain of the glory of eternity].“ Philippians 1:21 AMPC
There will be much ‘knowledge’ for even the tree of knowledge of good and evil was not void of knowledge itself, however this is our sober warning that in the last days most people will be “always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.” (2 Timothy 3:7).
To know Truth is to know Christ A life yielded to Him will sustain you until the end.
One day last week while thinking on some spiritual matters, the Lord began to speak to me through a vision, and then I heard my spirit man preaching within me, having a knowing this would be released.
The vision first began seeing a beautiful sunset over the ocean as I was thinking about the Lord and receiving from Him. I was inquiring in my heart wondering ‘why would people not want to be with Him’? There is no exact replica of a sunset, each day beholds its own beauty even if just slightly different, and when you appreciate the details slight differences matter. Next the vision panned downward and zoomed in on the sand and shell pieces on the shoreline. I watched as the sun glistened on a tiny shell piece with its color on display under the captivating and serene rays of Light. The wave came and washed that shell closer out to sea, now buried beneath the sand with an indefinite improbability that I would ever see it glisten in the sun again.
The Lord then likened to me the sand pieces to the the daily manna we are to receive. The emphasis was that perhaps one would never again see that facet of Him, that beautiful angle He would reveal of Himself by His rays of Light just like the piece of shell. The sea is like the depths of His being, in which the Holy Spirit moves in sync with the Son, delivering and leading us to the pieces of Himself to be captivated by and revealed for that day. As the day ends, and the moon transitions we are never without Him, but the revelation Light has passed for that detail of His beauty.
Like the wave pulling energy to and fro, every day, the Creator of Heaven and Earth is reaching in and out to humanity, beckoning those who will appreciate what so many find mundane. And yet there is this Holy dance that the Lord never tires of, seen in the earth’s gravitational attraction around the sun, a beautiful picture of romance and pursuit because we were made to receive Him and know Him.
The Lord God knows that His ways are past finding out, and yet in His divine humility, He still gives new mercies and opportunities every day to find Him and see Him, hoping that you will stop for a glance. Water reflects light, and so it is with the Holy Spirit reflecting the Love that reveals the passion and desire He has toward you, His eyes of sunlight fire over the sea of glass, and the depths of the Lord’s Body (of water) that feed you as He said, eat my flesh.
Symbolically we can compare the Lord’s Body to sand, because sand is granular sized pieces of rock. Not only is Jesus the Rock of Ages who was crushed for our iniquity, He is the split open Rock in the Old Testament that provided water to the Israelites in the desert. “They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the waters flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and the waters flowed.” Isaiah 48:21 AMP. BEFORE the foundations of the world He was slain, where He too was split open and pierced where from water flowed from His side. From macro (the earth) to micro (the sand) He is the foundation of our faith. We build up our faith and grow in the Rock while beholding His form and beauty as we gaze upon the micro facets and His intricacies that make up His ways. Yes, they are past finding out, though we have the invitation to know and see Him day by day. No glimpse is quite like the other, mysteries beyond comprehension given so gently that we can digest and come to know Him more every day. What a God, what a Lord, what a Savior that He so patiently, and consistently pursues His created, dressed in the splendor of Omnipotence while disguised in humility unmatched. Does the Sun exist to please the earth? No, the earth depends on her movement sourced from the Sun, and yet it delights the Sun to provide her with His Light from which is all Life.
The book of Proverbs writes, as a man thinks so is he (Proverbs 23:7). The sum of who you are or who you are becoming is the matter of your thought life. Like the sand there are vast and infinite pieces that form who God is, and in our human brevity we can never fully search it out, thankfully we have all of eternity to know and discover His thoughts, yet even then He has no end. Our stewardship of discovering who God is now on this side of Heaven matter’s tremendously in eternity. In the journey of ‘becoming for Him’ as I often write about, it is our taking of the pieces of His Body (sand / shell) to become like Him that we may be built up in who He truly is; that we may see Him and become like Him. The Light of Life shines upon another morsel of Himself that we would not only enjoy Him and know Him in this earthly brokenness to become like Him, but that we would look up and see the Son face to face shining in the Light of His glory.
Do you see? Since the beginning the Holy Spirit longs to reveal Jesus, even as He (the Holy Spirit) hovered over the waters when the earth was dark and formless while waiting for the command of God to reveal His Light (Jesus). “IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. [Heb. 11:3.] The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.” Genesis 1:1-3 AMPC. The face of the waters is where the Holy Spirit was waiting for the Light so He could reflect the face of Jesus to mankind. The Scripture writes the Spirit was moving. Waves in the ocean are constantly moving because they are energy. The Holy Spirit is the mobilization and energy to our faith, He illuminates the deep Bread or Rock of the Lord and makes it understandable to mankind. The Holy Spirit is the multiplier, and I believe it was He that multiplied the loaves and fish. The more we are unknowing in our human wisdom, we can allow the Holy Spirit to build us up even from fragments of Rock to the person of Jesus. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” John 1:1-5 NKJV
Every day there is an invitation to behold His form, to see the beauty and majesty of Jesus – and every day within that invitation is the empowerment to become like Him. Saltwater burns the eyes, yet it is His refining zealous eyes that are burning for you. If we abide near the ocean of the Spirit, we will not lose our salt. If we cultivate hunger for more of Him we will be led to the waters. Sometimes the sun is not visible from the sky, however it is not truth that it ceased to show itself that day. Likewise trying days are ahead, and we will depend on the Light of the Moon (the moon’s Light source is from the Sun) to illuminate the shells; there may be storms, there may be winds but to the faithful, He shows Himself faithful. How interesting to me that gems are found in the very bowels of the earth and in the depths of the sea, formed from distress, pressure, irritation and the like. An oyster for example can not yield a pearl of price without consistent irritation (mostly from sand), a prized diamond can not be formed without immense pressure and extreme heat. If we remain faithful, even despite circumstances, eventually as we partake of Him and meditate on His thoughts and receive His mind – we will be transformed into His likeness, and from sand and rock will ‘become’ pearls and diamonds. What will I have to give the Lamb for the reward of His suffering? Only on earth now do we have the opportunity to become a gem of great value for our Bridegroom King. It is our daily choice, our daily death, our daily love and devotion that form treasure in the depths to be stored in heaven.
Who is promised tomorrow? The Holy Spirit is wooing us to come to the waters and ‘become’ like Him today. Seek the Lord while He maybe found, call upon Him while He is near. For there will even come a day when the sea will pass away, though the eternal Word will remain.
“But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.” I Corinthians 2:9-16 NKJV
““Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance. Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies of David. Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:1-3, 6-9 NKJV
“How precious and weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! [Ps. 40:5.] If I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, [could I count to the end] I would still be with You.” Psalm 139:17-18 AMP
“There is no one holy like the Lord, There is no one besides You, There is no Rock like our God.” 1 Samuel 2:2 AMP
“The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, And exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation.” 2 Samuel 22:47 AMP
“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unfathomable (inscrutable, unsearchable) are His judgments (His decisions)! And how untraceable (mysterious, undiscoverable) are His ways (His methods, His paths)! For who has known the mind of the Lord and who has understood His thoughts, or who has [ever] been His counselor? [Isa. 40:13, 14.] Or who has first given God anything that he might be paid back or that he could claim a recompense? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it).” Romans 11:33-36 AMPC
I recently had a dream where the Lord took me on a journey in the Spirit and allowed me to see the bowl of mixture being destroyed, particularly in the Western Church.
The dream began in the Mountains or cliffs in Israel with the most beautiful views and prime property looking toward another mountain in close proximity with the ocean between. These apartments were built right into the side of the rock of the mountain. In the dream there was a lack of understanding to the ‘daughters of Jerusalem’, particularly the Western Bride, of how one could afford to live here. Next in the dream the Bridegroom was coming up the mountain and responding to the Western Bride’s inner desire to receive prayer from Him. However she was not facing Him, she was facing west. She was on her knees just outside the apartment though facing west, with her face away from the north mountain with a small wall of separation before her. It was located just outside the door of this apartment at the peak high point of this mountain symbolizing the western wall.
The Bridegroom came straight to her to pray for her as she was on her knees, and answer the secret petitions of her heart but she could not receive the power imparted because she was still locked in with Western communication. Her hands were raised to receive prayer, though she was also trying to power her phone off, and receive the power of the Holy Spirit at the same time. After, she knew she would have to create, or make her own manifestation because she could not fully receive in the moment He was near.
Next in the dream I was taken up in the Spirit and transported through this scene of paradise and taken to a different country and placed on the ground to go up an escalator. I was now elevated to a higher ground level and walked through DSW (designer shoe warehouse) before I was taken to a dim Kitchen with the prophet Joel.
I was standing before a kitchen sink where I was shown a large clear glass mixing bowl. While the bowl had an appearance of purity and transparency, there was no saving the bowl, as it literally couldn’t be saved as it was going to be destroyed in the kitchen sink disposal. It was impossible to remove as the garbage disposal hole was too small to extract from, but underneath the bowl fit with plenty of space.
This was overseen by the prophet Joel standing behind me in the dream, while he communicated the bowl could not be saved.
I believe the Lord is saying, He is removing the bowls that have prepared a diluted gospel of mixture and dealing with the communications of man and his ‘power’ and systems that have left His Body unprepared with no footwear for battle. The Lord is continuing to deal with the hidden sins, beliefs, doctrines, behaviors, self, etc, and all that is hindering from His burning love.
The mixture has created a lack of understanding on the value of counting the cost to serve the Lord whole heartedly, and also a deficit on the value of obtaining her oil that she may abide in paradise. It was not the Lord’s unwillingness to help her that left her (He was on her left side in front of the door of the apartment) that caused her to not receive the power of the Spirit, it was her allowing distractions from other ‘powers’ and communications that turned her away from true North.
A Bride without the Holy Spirit is an unfitted and unprepared Bride. It is the Holy Spirit that leads one to Jesus, and enables us to live an overcoming and victorious life for God. Furthermore this exposes a wanting and waning flame of love within her heart. Even in prayer the Bride is coming up short, for there is mixture that has diluted her understanding and great need for Oneness and abiding.
In this dream there are both personal and governmental implications. The destruction of some systems and ways are imminent. In the dream the bowl belonged to someone whose name means war, strife, church, spring, and fountain. Even the meaning of the name is full of mixture and is diverse. The symbolism speaks that personally we need to continue to yield to the cleansing of the Holy Spirit, that we may be pure and holy springs sourced from the fountain of our Holy God, and corporately gain understanding on the reality of the nearness of the return of the Lord. “The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, believers) say, “Come.”Revelation 22:17 AMP
There is an outpouring of the Spirit as spoken of in Joel 2 that is also imminent, however there is a greater brokenness being required and asked of us especially in the American Church as both ‘Love and War’ are impending. The question is will we be prepared and footed? We also know that in the book of Joel much strife, contention, war, and calls for repentance are written of prior to the great outpouring. There is a dire urgent need to fully receive the Holy Spirit and be one with Him for the days ahead. America has not understood she is naked, and coming up short. Without the Holy Spirit we can not abide in the inner chambers (apartment in Hebrew) of the Lord’s heart, we can not dwell on the Holy hill of Zion.
America I saw the pendulums swinging in the Spirit, back and forth from one extreme to the other. Justice and Mercy are held in the condition of our hearts. The Lord is sounding the alarm for repentance. We can not come away another time. There is not another time…. Today is the day His Holy Fear must grip our hearts. We must fully awake now. We cannot be like the sluggish Shulammite Bride who sought the Bridegroom when the time was appropriate, convenient, and comfortable for her while even after just being admonished by the Bridegroom to catch the foxes that were spoiling the vineyards. “(Bridegroom) You must catch the troubling foxes, those sly little foxes that hinder our relationship. For they raid our budding vineyard of love to ruin what I’ve planted within you. Will you catch them and remove them for me? We will do it together. (Bride’s response) But until the day springs to life and the shifting shadows of fear disappear, turn around, my lover, and ascend to the holy mountains of separation without me. Until the new day fully dawns, run on ahead like the graceful gazelle and skip like the young stag over the mountains of separation. Go on ahead to the mountain of spices— I’ll come away another time.” Song of Songs 2:17 TPT.
The late prophet John Paul Jackson said directionally left in a dream can represent your calling or something you’re called to do and the right directionally represents faith and strength. With this application in mind, even as the Bridegroom was standing in front of the apartment door built on the split rock and directionally to the Western Bride’s left, I believe she has left her calling to live in the secret place as she has not understood how she can not afford to live there, due to the diluted discipleship and teaching she has received. To fully receive from Jesus and see Him rightly we need the Holy Spirit, and yes the calling is costly but the diluted gospel has left her in this state without eternity’s mindset. She has put her faith and found her strength in the lesser power and teaching of the souls husbandman. A divided heart has led her amiss and to the idolization of the pride of life.
The Lord is mighty to save, are we ready to receive Him? May we seek the Lord while He may be found! Holy Spirit give us ears to hear in this hour, give us eyes to see, awaken our hearts again to Love’s sacred and Holy flame!
“Blow the trumpet in Zion [warning of impending judgment], Sound an alarm on My holy mountain [Zion]! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble and shudder in fear, For the [judgment] day of the Lord is coming; It is close at hand, A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist, Like the dawn spread over the mountains; There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty, The like of which has never been before Nor will be again afterward Even for years of many generations. Before them a fire devours, And behind them a flame burns; Before them the land is like the Garden of Eden, But behind them a desolate wilderness; And nothing at all escapes them. “Even now,” says the Lord, “Turn and come to Me with all your heart [in genuine repentance], With fasting and weeping and mourning [until every barrier is removed and the broken fellowship is restored]; Rip your heart to pieces [in sorrow and contrition] and not your garments.” Now return [in repentance] to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness [faithful to His covenant with His people]; And He relents [His sentence of] evil [when His people genuinely repent].” Joel 2:1-3, 12-13 AMP
“When the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion and has cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, then the Lord will create over the entire site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud by day, smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory and brilliance will be a canopy [a defense, a covering of His divine love and protection].” Isaiah 4:4-5 AMP
Below is an excerpt from Watchman Nee
Experiencing the Fundamental Deliverance from God
If we want to experience deliverance from God, this deliverance must be fundamental, not fragmentary. God has to work in us to deal with our strong point, and He has to break it. Only then will our spirit be released without mixture being imparted to others. If we have never been touched by God in a fundamental way, we may act somewhat spiritual when we remember to do it, but we will manifest the self once our memory slips. Actually, in both cases, whether we remember or we forget, the spirit that we release is the same, and the things that are carried by the spirit are the same.
The problem of mixture is the biggest problem among workers. We often touch life in the brothers, but also touch death. We touch God in the brothers, but also touch their self. We touch a spirit of meekness, but also touch a stubborn self. We find the Holy Spirit in them, but also find the flesh in them. When they stand up to speak, others sense a mixed spirit, an impure spirit. If God intends for us to serve Him in the ministry of the word and if we have to speak for God, we have to ask for grace. We have to say, “God, work in me. Break my outer man, tear it down, and separate it from the inner man.”
If we have not experienced this deliverance, we will express our outer man subconsciously every time we open our mouth. There is no way for us to hide it. As soon as the word goes out, the spirit goes out as well. We are the kind of person we are; we cannot pretend. If we want to be used by God, our spirit must be released, and this spirit must be pure. In order for us to be pure, our outer man must be destroyed. If our outer man is not destroyed, we will carry our own cargo with us when we serve as ministers of the word. The Lord’s name will suffer loss, not on account of our lack of life, but on account of our mixture. The Lord’s name will suffer, and the church will suffer as well.
Extracted from “The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit”, CWWN, (Set 3) Vol. 54, Chapter 7: Separation and Revelation, a message given by Brother Watchman Nee in Kuling during his training for his co-workers between 1948 and 1949, published by Living Stream Ministry.
Yesterday a mature pine cone, fell quite suddenly and swiftly while just nearly swiping my face and landed on my right foot. I was not standing directly under the pine trees, though I was nearby. While I’m not an expert on directional ‘air travel’, it seemed quite unusual, at least to me because of my distance from the trees.
Regardless if that was a normal place for the cone to land, I decided to look up their meaning. The Cambridge Dictionary defines a pine cone as a “hard, oval fruit from a pine tree that opens and releases seeds”. I also found in my research that the cones we see are females. Mature pine cones become hard and woody and help protect the seeds inside – without the pine cone the tree can not reproduce and spread. In the human body, the pineal gland in the brain is named after the pine cone because of its shape, it controls our bodies perception of light and has long been considered the epicenter of our spirituality, our connection with God. It is also considered the biological “third eye”, perhaps the center for the lamp of the body! “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” Matthew 6:22 KJV
Symbolically I do believe the Lord is saying it is a time for the seeds of the mature sons and daughters to be released for their planting. Just as the baby “drops” right before labor, the female cone dropped. This cone landed on my right foot while I was standing up which symbolizes our righteousness, our “right standing with God”. This is another sign that it is time for the birthing of the mature sons and daughters; time for the sons of righteousness to appear and shine brightly reflecting the glory of our risen Lord.
The date of of the dropping pine cone was 9.3 which symbolizes birthing by the Spirit; nine meaning birthing and three meaning the Spirit. Today, Labor Day, falls on the date of 9.4; nine meaning birthing and four meaning complete seasons, dominion, ruling, four corners of the earth. When a baby is birthed, it comes out of darkness, mystery and hidden-ness. This is a time of revealing! “Behold, a King will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice. Each [one of them] will be like a hiding place from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry land, Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched and weary land [to those who turn to them]. Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen attentively. The heart (mind) of those who act impulsively will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.” Isaiah 32:1-4 AMP
The pineal gland is also in control of our wake and sleep patterns. Nearly a year ago I dreamt of a baby that represents revival. In the dream the Church was not ready to safely care for her so I had to kiss her and put her to sleep. This baby in the natural will soon turn three years old. In a recent dream I was walking up to her with my father to greet her though there had been delay, and we were celebrating her birthday! Her age now matched both the spiritual and the natural after a sequence of four dreams regarding this baby over the last year.
I believe the Lord is saying it is now time for the spiritual awakening, of promise in the natural and spirit, for individuals and corporate worship, it is time for the foundations have been stripped and soon this revival baby will not only walk but will speak. May we care for and steward her well! A time of Great Awakening and Spiritual outpouring is upon us! Let any remaining seeds of the old nature die, for now you are a new creation in Christ. The old has gone the new has come, it is the now time to fully walk in this revelation. “Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].” 2 Corinthians 5:17 AMP
“For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light] (for the fruit [the effect, the result] of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learn [by experience] what is pleasing to the Lord [and letting your lifestyles be examples of what is most acceptable to Him—your behavior expressing gratitude to God for your salvation].” Ephesians 5:8-10 AMP
“Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fertile field, And the fertile field is valued as a forest. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness will live in the fertile field. And the effect of righteousness will be peace, And the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever. Then my people will live in a peaceful surrounding, And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places.” Isaiah 32:15-18 AMP
It will now be very clear who the Lord is for, and who He is against.
This has been determined by how the nations, families, and individuals have stewarded ‘The Ark’ ~ in other words how have we handled His Presence, His Name, His covenant?
The Lord specifically brought me to 1 Samuel 5:9 this morning, “But it happened that after they had taken it to Gath, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing an extremely great panic [because of the deaths from the plague], for He struck the people of the city, both young and old, and tumors broke out on them.”
This references when the Ark of God was captured by the Philistines after it was originally taken from Shiloh and brought to the camp at Aphek where it was seized by the Philistines, then brought to Ashdod and placed “beside” their temple god Dagon (1 Samuel 4:11; 5:1). From there the Philistine governors told the men to bring the Ark to Gath, after the hand of the Lord caused a plague in the territory of Ashdod where He caused them to be dumbfounded and struck with tumors (1 Samuel 5:6).
1 Samuel 5:9 is an account of the second strike of tumors, the plague sent that resulted in many deaths. When you do not fear the Lord, you will fear the plague. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, though most have become wise in their own eyes therefore there is no power or aid to subdue the consequences to mishandling His Presence and ceasing to fear the Name of the Lord. The Lord is Merciful yet also Just, and He cannot go against His Word. He does not change, though we can.
There is a great need for many to humble themselves under the hand of the Lord in this very hour, for literally the saving of their physical lives. If you fear the plagues most likely you will succumb to them, if you fear the Lord, He will protect you.
You either serve the Lord God or you do not. You either fear His Holy Name or you do not. You either humble yourself or you do not.
Do not let ignorance or pride be the end of you! Mercy triumphs over Judgement, though Mercy is granted to the repentant of heart.
The Juncture of Gath
The city Gath as referenced in 1 Samuel 5:9 means “winepress” in Hebrew, Strong’s number 1660 describes the word as “winepress fat”. I believe we are at juncture of another great pressing. This pressing will ultimately lead unto the pressing as mentioned below in Revelation. However, what is happening now is a great burst of every old wineskin. Whatever has not yet burst will now burst. Soon, nothing from the old will remain. All the fat that can be pressed or cut away will be separated and burned. The enemy may want to keep you silent in your spiritual slumber, he may not sound the alarm but the Lord is sounding His alarms through the remnant mouthpieces across the earth, calling us all to return again and render our hearts before Him. Is His Name above every other name in our lives?
“Then another angel came out of the temple (sanctuary) in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. And another angel came from the altar, the one who has power over fire; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Put in your sharp sickle and reap the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe [for judgment].” So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and harvested the grapevine of the earth, and threw the grapes into the great wine press of the wrath and indignation of God [as judgment of the rebellious world]. And the grapes in the wine press were trampled and crushed outside the city, and blood poured from the wine press, reaching up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of sixteen hundred stadia.” Revelation 14:17-20 AMP
May the Mighty hand of the Lord bless you and keep you! We are at large on the verge of a monumental shift; do not fear the darkness, for it is in this Name only that we fear, and He is the Light of the world ~ Jesus.
“I am the Lord, and there is no one else; There is no God except Me. I will embrace and arm you, though you have not known Me, That people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun [the world over] That there is no one except Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing peace and creating disaster; I am the Lord who does all these things.” Isaiah 45:5-7 AMP
“And he who does not take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conforming wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also] is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his [lower] life will lose it [the higher life], and whoever loses his [lower] life on My account will find it [the higher life].” Matthew 10:38-39 AMPC
If you have not known the Lord, or have fallen away from intimately knowing Him, He is extending His mercy to you today! Humble yourself and give Him your life, ALL of your life for He is the only One who is able to keep it.
“If you will revere and fear the Lord and serve Him and hearken to His voice and not rebel against His commandment, and if both you and your king will follow the Lord your God, it will be good! But if you will not hearken to the Lord’s voice, but rebel against His commandment, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers.” 1 Samuel 12:14-15 AMPC
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